Dozens of whales die after tragic mass stranding in Australia

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Dozens of whales die after tragic mass stranding in Australia

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DOZENS of whales die after tragic mass stranding in Australia.
Marine experts and volunteers camped overnight at Cheynes Beach, more than 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of Perth in Western Australia state, after the whales were found washed up near the beach.
"Sadly, 51 whales have died overnight after a mass stranding," Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service said in a statement.
"(We) are working in partnership with registered volunteers and other organizations to try to return the remaining 46 whales to deeper water during the course of the day."
Pilot whales are notorious for their strong social bonds, so when one whale gets into difficulty and strands, the rest usually follow, according to marine experts.
Australia and neighboring New Zealand are hot spots for mass whale strandings owing to large colonies of pilot whales living in the deep oceans surrounding both island nations, but the reason why they get trapped on beaches remains a mystery.
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@IAMSMITH11 Жыл бұрын

You cant replace this loss so quickly and its becoming more frequent. Just very sad! ❤❤

@Austech Жыл бұрын

They are all being euthanised. Volunteers got a large amount back in to the water, but they just went and beached themselves again further up the coast. There is nothing that can be done, other than to make it better for them and they are being euthanised by veterinarians. We always try to get them back in the water, but sadly when they decide to beach themselves they just keep doing it despite all help given.

@facitenonvictimarum174 Жыл бұрын

Are you serious?

@Austech Жыл бұрын

@@CJRSBK I think if they knew that they would address the problem. This is not something new.

@Austech Жыл бұрын

@@facitenonvictimarum174 Of course I am serious.

@facitenonvictimarum174 Жыл бұрын

@@Austech They don't just all get together and "decide" to kill themselves. There's a reason for it and it's in the water.

@Austech Жыл бұрын

The rescue operation began on Wednesday morning when the Parks and Wildlife Service had equipment and experts on site. By then, 51 whales were already dead. The department selected and registered 250 volunteers for a gruelling operation to save 45 surviving whales. As they were released into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, they began turning back to shore one by one. Albany mother of five Chelsea Nelson registered as a volunteer on Tuesday after seeing the huddling footage on the news. The Parks and Wildlife Service phoned her at 9.30am on Wednesday. Ms Nelson then drove to Cheynes Beach and put on her wetsuit. After being handed a safety brief, she waded into chest-deep water at 11am to hold one of the whales upright in a sling to prevent it rolling over. She said helping felt like a privilege and she ignored the cold and dodged flailing tales as she held the sling tight for 4½ hours. She said she could hear what she believed were distress calls from young whales in the pod and could see heavy machinery moving dead whales. Ms Nelson and other volunteers left the water as the operation to gently herd them out of the bay began. There were high hopes but the whales re-stranded. “The officials wouldn’t let me back in as I had been in (the water) too long and they were concerned about hypothermia. All I could do was watch helplessly from shore as the whales beached themselves once again,” she said. “(So I) zipped my wetsuit back up resolutely and began … guiding, lifting the remaining whales into the provided slings with 10 to 20 of us on each whale, dragging them up on to the shore so they could be assessed and euthanised. “(We were) pouring buckets of water over them to ease their distress, sitting with them at the end.“An absolute heartbreaker of an end to the day.”

@CJRSBK Жыл бұрын

There basically sacrificing themselves there not well. Why did the pilot whales beach themselves? Why do pilot whales beach themselves? Wildlife experts said the unusual behavior could be an indicator of stress or illness within the pod, The Associated Press reported. Pilot whales, which are highly social animals, often have close relationships with their pods throughout their lives.

@gugbust Жыл бұрын

i think it’s underwater military hardware

@martinheath5947 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why nobody would think to use an underwater microphone to listen if there's any kind of highly disturbing sound in the water. Marine mammals don't have any way to block their ears and maybe there's a deafening sound underwater that they can't bear. Heartbreaking to see so many beautiful creatures dying.

@graham6324 Жыл бұрын

These whales that beached were food sources gifted from the gods ..why can't we still harvest them.. what a waste of food source.i no it's sad but some cultures still eat whale ?

@Wolfspaine7N6 Жыл бұрын

Was there nobody more fit to help?

@Austech Жыл бұрын

There was plenty of help as always.

@TroysSweetCornhole Жыл бұрын

They're loyal, beautiful creatures. Im gonna cry a little bit now

@ange6580 Жыл бұрын

From Russians swimming in the ocean. Have you ever smelled a Russian?

@PatriciaSantos-qt9lw Жыл бұрын

😖 l wish that was VIadoIf PutIer instead of those beautiful poor wales 😭

@SamPashmi Жыл бұрын

How many was saved?

@TroysSweetCornhole Жыл бұрын

Apparently there's 46 that they're trying to rescue

@yungcentrelink Жыл бұрын

none survived

@FionaSmith-zq8om Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you have any questions 0:06

@Dumfries474 Жыл бұрын

Why😢

@kimmanning2913 Жыл бұрын

There's no reason for any of this mess.

@anthonyf22 Жыл бұрын

Submarines us a ping radar that drives them batshit crazy

@PatriciaSantos-qt9lw Жыл бұрын

It's unfair. Sooo many ruSSharks on Ukrainian beaches but these lovely beautiful whales were the ones to die 😢. It's not just! 😔

@yerxa420ca Жыл бұрын

bot

@w0rmblood323 Жыл бұрын

Isn't this basically how Death Stranding started?

@kimmanning2913 Жыл бұрын

This hurts my heart.

@eaglesnipper6532 Жыл бұрын

They lost their bearing and sense of direction finally landed on the beach.

@gerritdykgraaf2570 Жыл бұрын

Ya’ll better find out if there are any of those off shore wind farms around there!! Could be some electrical interference that is messing up their internal sonar!! Something is going on out in the water that is messing them up!!!

@MAR19980 Жыл бұрын

new ship of usa just dropped there sonar waves make them suffer

@rinohermawan14 Жыл бұрын

climate change.. makes this creature loss of direction. very sadly

@rinohermawan14 Жыл бұрын

@@awakenandarisefromtheashes186 i think this because of unstable temperature of the ocean water (climate changes). so they lost direction when exodus/migration period.